Under the motto "KW writes (better) together", the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) and the Writing Competence Centre organise a monthly interdisciplinary writing group. The meeting on Monday, 17 November, will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. in room H3.241 and hybrid via Zoom. Registration is not required.

The Institute of German and Comparative Literature and the Centre for Contemporary German Literature are offering a series of literary readings. On 17 November, Julia Schoch will read from her new novel "Wild nach einem wilden Traum".

From 17 to 22 November, academics from a wide range of disciplines will come together as part of a public theme week to discuss the relationship between "art - religion - environment" in an interdisciplinary manner with a focus on literature, the visual arts and music.

A series of public lectures will be held as part of the seminar "Interdisciplinary Gender Studies" at the Institute of Education Studies. These will provide an insight into gender research at Paderborn University and open up a variety of perspectives on the research field of "Gender Studies". On Tuesday, 18 November, Dr. Sebastian Althoff from the Institute of Media Studies will give a lecture on "Abolitionism and Digital Violence".

In the winter semester 2025/26, the Department of Contemporary History at Paderborn University's Institute of History is organising a lecture series on the topic of "Under Pressure. Democracy under stress".

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Media", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the winter semester 2025/26 is dedicated to the multifaceted topic of "Media" from interdisciplinary and international perspectives.

The international lecture series on the history of the reception of the biblical figures Sarah and Hagar at the Institute of Protestant Theology will continue in the winter semester 2025/26. Lectures and discussions by and with renowned international and national scholars will take place on four dates.

On Thursday, 20 November, the German Society for Philosophy will celebrate its 75th birthday at a ceremony in Paderborn Town Hall from 4 pm.

Lecture and discussion with Volker Kohlschmidt

Prof. Dr. Stefan Jungblut and Julia Winkelmann from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at the University of Paderborn will give a lecture on Thursday, November 20, on “The Green Transformation of the EU: Long-Term Strategies and Current Global Challenges”

As part of the lecture series "Language and Transcendence" from the Paderborn University Institute for Islamic Theology, Dr Sandra Lehmann from the University of Vienna will be giving a lecture on "Hyperbolic Speaking: via eminentiae, litany, repetition" on Thursday, 20 November, starting at 6 pm. All dates of the lecture series will take place digitally via Zoom.

The Institute of German and Comparative Literature and the Centre for Contemporary German Literature are offering a series of literary readings. On 24 November, Masche Unterlehberg will present her debut novel "Wenn wir lächeln".

A series of public lectures will be held as part of the seminar "Interdisciplinary Gender Studies" at the Institute of Education Studies. These will provide an insight into gender research at Paderborn University and open up a variety of perspectives on the research field of "Gender Studies". On Tuesday, 25 November, Dr. Anda-Lisa Harmening, Managing Director of the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, will give a lecture on…

In the winter semester 2025/26, the Department of Contemporary History at Paderborn University's Institute of History is organising a lecture series on the topic of "Under Pressure. Democracy under stress".

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Media", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the winter semester 2025/26 is dedicated to the multifaceted topic of "Media" from interdisciplinary and international perspectives.